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|--------------|--------------|----------------------------------|----------------------|------------------|
| GNU/Linux | Tier 1 | kernel >= 2.6.32, glibc >= 2.12 | x86, x64, arm, arm64 | |
| macOS | Tier 1 | >= 10.10 | x64 | |
| Windows | Tier 1 | >= Windows 7 / 2008 R2 | x86, x64 | vs2015 or vs2017 |
| Windows | Tier 1 | >= Windows 7 / 2008 R2 | x86, x64 | vs2017 |
| SmartOS | Tier 2 | >= 15 < 16.4 | x86, x64 | see note1 |
| FreeBSD | Tier 2 | >= 10 | x64 | |
| GNU/Linux | Tier 2 | kernel >= 3.13.0, glibc >= 2.19 | ppc64le >=power8 | |
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#### Windows

* Visual Studio 2015 or Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 or newer
* Visual Studio 2017 or the Build Tools thereof

## Building Node.js on supported platforms

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Prerequisites:

* [Python 2.6 or 2.7](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
* One of:
* [Visual C++ Build Tools](http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools)
* [Visual Studio 2015 Update 3](https://www.visualstudio.com/), all editions
including the Community edition (remember to select
"Common Tools for Visual C++ 2015" feature during installation).
* The "Desktop development with C++" workload from
[Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/) or the
"Visual C++ build tools" workload from the
[Build Tools](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2017),
with the default optional components.
* The "Desktop development with C++" workload from
[Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/) or the
"Visual C++ build tools" workload from the
[Build Tools](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2017),
with the default optional components.
* Basic Unix tools required for some tests,
[Git for Windows](http://git-scm.com/download/win) includes Git Bash
and tools which can be included in the global `PATH`.
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